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|lumorous feparhuent. THE TRIALS OF THE TICKET-SELLER. SCENE AT THE RAILROAD OFFICE OF THE NASHVILLE ROAD IN LOUISVILLE. Traveler?Hello, pard ! Whar can a feller buy a ticket? Agent?This is the ticket office. T?Can a feller git a ticket now ? A?The office is open for the sale of tickets. T?Didn't know whether you'd opened yer j box yit?What's a ticket ? A?Don't fully comprehend your meaning, j sir ? j T?What's the damage ? A?Do you mean the fare, sir ? T?Jest so. How do you sell tickets ? A?It depends entirely on where you pur- j chase them to. Where are you going? T?Oh! on the train. A?I presumed that you were. But what i train; where? T d/\! ?> ' rtM lUrt "M n ttillo f FQin A \JUIU UU blJC Ving biuiu. A?That train leaves at 10.50, sir. T?10.50! When; to-night? A?Yes, sir. T?Why, don't a train go before that ? A feller told me that it left nigh unto sundown. A?This train, leaving at 7, runs to Memphis. T?Well, why can't I go on it ? A?Simply because it is not your train. T?Don't this'u stop nowhar? A?It makes all stops south of Lebanon Junction. T?Well, I reckon I can go on it, then. A?But, my dear sir,you said that you took the Nashville train. T?I'mjustgoin'a piece out. Can't I go on this 'un ? A?Where do you go ? T?Want to go to the station. A?Yes, but what station ? T?Down to the creek. A?But, my man, there is no such station on the road. Where do you want to get off the train for the creek ? T?Just beyond the bridge, you know. A?No, but I do not know. Do tell me where you live, if you can ? T?In Hart. A?What portion of Hart county? T?Two miles and up'rds from the bridge. A?And the nearest station to this bridge is? ... T?Why, parduer, it's just right thar at Bacon creek. A?Am I to understand that you go to Ba con creek station ? T?Exactly. How much "does it damage a feller? A?The fare is two sixty. T?19 that for us all ? A?That is one fare only. T?What'l you let a feller have one that'l take the old 'ornan and children ? A?It depends on the number and age. T?Pointing to the old lady near)?Thar's the old 'oman, and Andrew Jackson, George Washington, Henry Clay, Susan Jane and? A?Hold, ray friend, just go and bringyour family and let me count them. T?Just so ; helloo, Tennessee, bring the young'uns up here, so this ticket-master can count 'em ; tliar, strauger. A?Two wholes and six halves will do; don't charge for the four youngest, only for those of four and upwards. T?Pardner, that's steep, can't you come down ? A?No, sir, it's the fare. T?Well, where can a feller find the train ? A?Just behind you. T?Which box will a feller get in ? A?The second coach. T?When does she start ? A?At 7 o'clock. T?How long first? A?Ten minutes. T?Can I get in now ? A?Yes, sir. T?Pardner, jest take a feller and show him in the right box. I'm astranger in these parts. A?My dear sir, I have other passengers to wait ou. There is the train just before you. T?Good-bv. pardner: come along. Tennes see ; Andrew Jacksou, pick up that dog ; you Henry Clay, help Patsy Ann with them cats ; come along thar, George Washington, you'll be left. SADLY BAFFLED. Mr. Wackup, a married man of Bridgeport, quit work early the other afternoon, and went home to fix up for the purpose of spending the evening?or rather half the night?with a number of his friends. Ho found his wife lying upon the lounge enjoying a sick headache. but he couldu't find a clean shirt. Mrs. Wackup said his shirts were washed, but not ironed, and she was too ill to do it, and it was the girl's afternoon out. A shade of disappointment clouded his brow, and rushiug iuto the kitchen, he slammed the door with much earnestness, and fortunately found an iron on the range, nice and hot. Then he dived iuto the basket of dampened clothes, and found one of his shirt3 at the bottom?just as he expected. He spread the garment out on a table without first removing the oil-cloth cover, and hurriedly consulted his watch. Then he couldu't find the iron-holder, and substituted his pocket-handkerchief, and after burning four of his Sngers and breaking one of the commandments, he lauded the hot iron on his shirt bosom. He thought the garment had a strange look, but supposed it would assume its proper shape when ironed?and he shoved the iron up and down like a jackplane. The labor seemed so easy that he had a mind to follow the business for a living. Then he undertook to turn his shirt, and just because it adhered to the glazed table-cloth, he gave it a violent jerk, adding at least six inches more to the split in the back. Then he noticed for the first time that he had set the red hot iron on the tail of the garment and scorched a hole in it as large as his hand, and in his haste to remove the smoothing machine, he neglected to use the holder, and dropped the hot fraud ou his choice toe; and when Mrs. Wackup, who was startled by the intensity of his language, entered th^ kitchen, holding her head with both hands, she discovered her husband hopping about the room on one foot and clasping the other with both his hauds. The syra\r pa Wn/'L-nn forwlnrort woo nnf nf a nature that her blistered husband yearned j for just at that particular moment. She! placed her arms akimbo and indgnautly observed : "Ain't you ashamed of yourself, you j old fool; dancing the can-can around here i and your poor wife nearly dead, too! And"? j here her eyes rested upon the wreck on the ! table?"and if the old idiot hasn't gone and ! ruined my best chemise! 0 the?the?." | Wackup didn't tarry to hear his infuriated better-half finish the sentence, but adroitly dodged the broom-handle, and limped out of the room and up-stairs to bed, without any supper. The next morning he told his friends that the reason why he failed to keep his engagement, was that he was suddenly attacked j with the cholera morbus at the supper-table, i and liked to have died during the night. Astonished.?A Western editor tells this j story of what he says happened "up in the | East A good story is told of a raw-boned fellow, who went into a market-house at Boston? j perhaps the Quincy?and seeing a large hog : on exhibition, was mightily struck with it. I "I swear," said he, "that's a great hog ; I ! swear I never saw a finer-looking one; I swear ; what short legs he's got; I swear. "Look here, frieud," said a dry-looking lit- i tie individual, trotting up, "you must not: swear so." "Iswear I should like to know why ?" asked the hard swearer, with an ominous look. "Because swearing is agaiust the law, and I j shall have to commit you," drawing himself UP- . ! "Are you a justice of the peace ? inquired the swearer. "I am." "Well, I swear, said the profane one, "I am more astonished at that than I was about the J hog"I swear." 1 (^button's gfjrartmcnt. ! From tltc Christian Observer. STARS OF HEAVEN. BY J. N. GOLDMAN. Gentle stars, so safely shining Through the blue sky's filmy lining, Cheering earth's lone hour, Night by night thy garden glowing, Thickset lamps of heaven's bestowing, Points a highest Power. No wild wind of boldest daring Flies with chilly wings of wearing Near the azure nome. Sweetest lights together giving What thou canst of higher living, Closer to us come. Gems of glorv, darkness chasing From the night's chill window casing With thy gladful glow. Word of "I am" bid thy being When thou shinest, that we seeing Care Supreme might know. Lamps of heaven, glory's glintings, Learnings shaded, softened timings, Of that blessed fair, Art unfading; wilt thy shining, Round the great To Be entwining, Greet us laughing there ? r n-s.i "THE CRITICAL PERIOD." Life is made up of periods. From birth until we learn to talk, is the period of infancy ; from infancy until we become grown, is the period of childhood ; from childhood until we begin to fail, is the period of manhood ; from the time that we begin to fail until our death, is the period of old age. During the period of infancy, we are nearly passive. The critical period of life is, perhaps, from six to twenty-one. It is during this period that we lay the foundation of all our knowledge. It is during this period, also, that wc contract habits which are to follow us during the remaining part of our lives. These habits, whether they be good or bad, are hard to break up, and even when broken up, there is a liability to fall into them at any time during life. It may be safely said that all the pernicious habits which men practice, were contracted when they were boys. It would be a difficult, if not an impossible thing, to find a man who learned to use profane language. It was the boy that learned to swear, and the man kept it up. The same is true with regard to druukeuness. Men usually have to learn to love the taste of intoxicating liquors. It is rarely possible that some individuals are born drunkards. The habit of drinking is, in the majority of instances, contracted by boys when they are just merging into manhood. Boys and girls often think that they are granted but few privileges by their parents, and really, in some instances, this is the case; but usually, boys and girls are granted too many privileges, or to speak more correctly, they are too freely permitted to go in the way of temptation. There are some places in this 1 1 - 1 -J. A _ 1 J I _1 1.1 1 worm mat no ten your oiu uuy suouiu, uuuer any circumstances, be permitted to go. At such places he will hear things and see things that ought not to be seen or heard. On the other hand, there are somo places to which every young person should be taken. It does a boy a great deal of good to take him to the field and let him try his hand in killing grass. It is good for his health, and invigorating to his morals. It subserves a most excellent purpose to take a girl of sweet sixteen, occasionally, into the kitchen and give her a few lessons in managing pots. There is nothing better to thicken the blood and strengthen the muscles. There is nothing in this world better to prevent young persons from contracting bad habits, and gettiug into ugly scrapes, than to keep them at work. The boy or girl that has an aversion for doing anything that is useful, is most likely to be a great lover of what is bad. The Book Jim wrote about Dolls.? Some dolls, heads are made of wood ; these are called wooden dolls. Wood comes from trees, which are found in the country. Trees have leaves also; they grow up, but dolls do not grow. Some trees are pine, some apple, some pine-apple, and some murhoggany, a hard word to spell. These heads are very hard, and you can pound them without hurting. Some dolls' heads are made of wax, and are called wax-dolls. The wax comes from a little animal called the bee, that has wings. Sometimes it is called the busy bee, because it buzzes. The bee does not make the dolls, but the wax. It goes in a straight line to a flower, and pokes the honey out with its sting. Theu you feel glad you are not the flower, because the sting hurts?it does?that is the way it makes the wax. But it is not good to put these dolls in the sun or over a furnace. Some dolls are made an over or intua ruober, and you can fling them about anyhow. They grow on a tree, the Indiau rubber does, in India, where they make India rubber boots. It is a good kind to have, because you can throw it about like a ball. But then the face is painted aud may rub off?some noses do. Then there's China dolls, made of what tea sets are ; but they don't come from the China where they make the fire-works, though they do make the tea. These might smash, if pounded with a hammer. There's another kind I don't know about, that Elsie's made of. It don't matter any way. My aunt helped me about spelling, except murhoggany?that I knew. I shall write another volume, telliug more about trees and bees, and why dolls should take care of themselves. This is enough for once.?St. Nicholas for November. Sold into Slavery.?"Carl Marsh is sold into slavery," said a man to me one day. "Sold into slavery!" I cried. "Is there anything like that now-a-days ?" "Indeed there is," was his auswer. "Who bought him, pray?" "Oh! it is a firm ; and I make bold to say they own a good many slaves, and they make I shockiug bad masters." "Can it be so, in these days? Who are they ?" I asked. "Well, they have agents and runners everywhere, who tell a pretty good story, and get hold of folks. But the names of the firm? I dare say you have heard of them?are spir-' its and tobacco." I had heard of them. It is a firm of bad i reputation ; and yet how extensive are their [ dealings! What town or village but has felt their influence? Once in their clutches, it is | about the hardest thing in the world to break ! away from them. You are sold, and that is ! the end of it?sold to ruin, sooner or later.; I have seen people try to escape from them.! .Some, it is true, do make good their escape; but the greater part are caught, and go back to their chains. To the young, I would say : Have nothing | to do with them at all. Fight them ; give i them no quarter; and do all you can to des-' troy their influence. It is in your power to take a firm stand against them, and be sure that you do take it. Boys, now for it! Pull, Adam, Pull.?There was a lad in ! Ireland who was put to work in a linen factory and while at work there, a piece of cloth j was wanted to be sent out which was short of the quantity that it ought to be, but the master thought it might be made the length ! by a little stretching. He thereupon unrolled the cloth, took hold of one end himself and placing the boy at the other. He then said : "Pull, Adam, pull!" The master pulled with all his might, but the boy stood still. The master again said: "Pull, Adam, pull!" The boy said "I can't." "Why not," said the master. "Because it is wrong," said Adam, and he refused to pull. | Upon this the master said he would not do for a linen manufacturer; but that boy be- i came Rev. Adam Clarke, and the strict principles of honesty of his youthful age laid the foundation of his future greatness. I fkadiiirj fat' the JMkth. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBEItT LATH AN. [Original.] "WHO HATH BELIEVED OUR REPORT W By report, we are to understand the preaching of the gospel, both under old and new testament dispensations. It is a matter worthy of our most serious attention to inquire why it is that men in all past ages of the world, and at present, are so slow to believe the gospel. It has always been true, that where the gospel of Jesus Christ has been preached, some believed ; but it is also true, that some believed not. To-day, in Christian lands, where the gospel is preached every Sabbath, and Christ is proclaimed as the only Saviour, only a small minority of those who are hearers of the gospel, are in toil communion with the Saviour. The question may he asked, why is this? In the gospel, neither in theory nor practice, there is nothing repulsive. It is admitted, even by those who are professedly opposed to it, that its effects upon the human family, in every relationship, is good. No one, so far as is recollected, has ever attempted to show that the gospel of Jesus Christ blights man's usefulness or mars his happiness. It is strange that a principle, good in itself, and good in all its practical results, is not universally adopted. Many reasons can be given which will account, either in part or in whole, for the rejection of the gospel. The principal reason is found in the natural degeneracy and wickedness of the human heart. Iu his unregenerate state, man hates that which is good, and loves that which is sinful. An old, eccentric philosopher by the name of Diogene9, once was seen rushing hurriedly into the theatre at the moment when every other one was going out. He was told that the exercises of the theatre were over, and all were retiring. He replied that he knew it; but he would go into the theatre, notwithstanding the fact that the crowd was leaving, because he had discovered that the multitude is always wrong. There is a good deal of truth in this. It is nearly absolutely true that the multitude are wrong in respect to most things, aud always with respect to religion. In matters pertaining to the iuterest of the soul of man, more readily believe a lie than the truth. Before men can see any beauty in Jesus Christ or Jiis gospel, they must be begotten from above. God's Holy Spirit must quicken them into life. But there are other reasons why the efficacy of the gospel upon the human family is so feeble. Its promulgation is committed to human beings. Preachers of the gospel are men of like passions and frailties with men. Often they fail to discharge their whole duty. The truth is not proclaimed in its simplicity. Too frequently, instead of preaching Christ and him crucified, they preach about Christ. It sometimes happens that the gospel is shorn of all its loveliness, and is depicted in such a way as to make it appear repulsive. The sinner, instead of being persuaded to come to Jesus and be saved, is abused and vilified for his sins, and held up to the world as an object of execration. JUSTIN MARTYR. Rusticus, the Roman prefect, when Justin Martyr was brought before him, A. D. 163, attempted to persuade him to obey the gods, and to comply with the emperor's edicts. The martyr defended the reasonableness of his religion, upon which the governor inquired in what kind of learning and discipline he had been educated. He told hiin that he had endeavored to understand all kinds of discipline, and tried all methods of learning ; but obtaining satisfaction in none of them, he at last had found rest in the Christian doctrine, however fashionable it might be to despise it. "Wretch!" replied the indignant magistrate, "art thou captivated then by that keligion ?" "I am," says Justin ; "I follow the Christians, and their doctrine is right." "What is their doctrine ?" "It is this: we believe the one only God to be the Creator of all things visible and invisible, and we confess our Lord Jesus Christ to be the Son of God, foretold by the prophets of old, and that he is now the Saviour, Teacher, and Master of all those who are duly submissive to his instructions, and that he will hereafter be the Judge of mankind. As for myself, I am too mean to be able to say anything becoming his infinite Deity. This was the business of the prophets, who, many years ago, had foretold the coming of the Son of God into the world." "Where do the Christians usually assemble?" "The God of the Christians is not confined to any particular place." "In what place do you instruct your scholars ?" Justin mentioned the place in which he dwelt, and told him that there he explained Christianity to all who resorted to him. The prefect having severally examined his companions, again addressed Justin: "Hear thou, who hast the character of an orator, and imaginest thyself to be in the possession of truth. If I scourge thee from head to foot thinkest thou that thou shalt go to heaven ?" "Although I suffer what you threaten, yet I expect to enjoy the portion of all true Christians; as I know that the divine grace and favor is laid up for all such, and shall be so while the world endures." "Do you think that you shall go to heaven and receive a reward ?" I not only think so, but I have a certainty of it which excludes all doubts." Rusticus insisted that they all should go together and sacrifice to the gods. "No man whose understanding is sound," replies Justin, "will desert true religion for the sake of error and impiety." "Unless you comply, you shall be tormented without mercy." The governor then pronounced sentence: "As to those who refuse to sacrifice to the gods, and to obey the imperial edicts, let tliern be first scourged, and then bei?j_J ,J:?~ i?,?? ? uoiiueu, ucuui mug tu mc iitno, The martyrs being led back to prison, were whipped and afterwards beheaded?American Messenger. The Bundle of Calf-Skins.?A Philadelphia Quaker, who was a tanner, once dreamed that he was at a religious meeting wherein he was surprised to observe the congregation with tables before them, at which they were all pursuing their usual occupations. The merchant was busy with his books, the retailer with his goods, and the mechanic with his tools. Indignant at such employment among persons professedly assembled for the solemn worship of God, he was about rising to administer to them a sharp reproof, when, accidentally placing his hands behind him, he found a bundle of calf-skins suspended from his own shoulders. We may easily suppose that he deferred his exhortation, and took to himself a portiou of the reproof which seemed to be implied in the dream. If we could see the inner thoughts of all who gather for worship, the vision might be as remarkable as was his dream. Multitudes come to the house of prayer, while thoughts of worship are the farthest from their hearts. And many others, who, it may be, come with good intent, find their minds wandering, like the fool's eyes, to the ends of the earth.? The , Christian. 6?* Suffer not yourselves to be detached from simplicity in Christ by any pretence of: superior knowledge and wisdom. t Jlijwcultund fqjavtwcttt.j' From the Southern Cultivator. i , j BARN-YARD MANURE?COMPOSTS AND j ] GREEN CROPS. Now that skepticism about the value of j' ' commercial fertilizers has been overturned ! and the tide in their favor ha9 set in almost i | too strongly, we propose to discuss the old ' ! fashioned things which form the caption of this article. It i9 well in the heat aud ardor of progress, not to forget or leave behind, the j 1 good already won ; it is well to remember also ; { that the old may be good, as well as the new. < The three can be better discussed together ' 1 than separately, because the ecouomy and t | policy of their use are very intimately con- j < ! nected. Theii utility uo one doubts; but the , profit, contrasted with the cost, is not so clear, I< and is a legitimate subject for discussion. 11 The first two?barn-vard manure and . : composts?ugree in being very bulky and (j I heavy, requiring much labor to handle and ; > ; apply them. Their bulk arises chiefly from I ^ the predominance in them of woody fibre, 11 their weight from the same cause, and from ; I the large amount of moisture they contain, jJ i Thus, according to Voelcker, fresh farm-yard ( i manure contains in 100 parts? Water 66.17 j Organic matter* 28.24 1 Inorganic or ash 5.59 , i' ioo.oo ! ? The same rotted, contains? j Water 75.42 j. j Organic matterf 16.53 ! i Inorganic matter 8.05 1 ? ??? 100.00 j A compost heap, in the making of which , | much straw, leaves, &c., is used (as is custom- ! 1 ary) would contain still larger quantities of 1 | organic matter, the chief ingredient of the j same being woody fibre. < Taking an average of the two analyses above?water and organic matter (mainly woody fibre) form about 93 per cent, of the whole weight of ordinary barn-yard manure ; therefore, 90 per ceut. or more of the labor of handling and applying said substance must be charged against these two things. It is eminently fit and proper, therefore, to inquire if organic matter cannot be supplied to land more cheaply, through some other means, than through barn-yard manure and composts, or if the weight and bulk of the latter might not, without detriment, be reduced, which would amount to the same thing. Farmers generally use every effort to increase the quantity or bulk of their barnyard manure by additions of straw, leaves, &c. As a matter of sound economy, may not the practice be a bad one ? The use of commercial fertilizers has shown that the essential things needed by a crop, may occupy a very small bulk?100 lbs. of a good fertilizer producing results equivalent to several loads, or many thousand pounds, of barn-yard manure. But the history of their use has also shown that it is only in connection with vegetable matter in the soil, that commercial fertilizers produce their best results. Vegetable matter is indispensable?we grant that fully and freely. The problem now before us is, whether soils cau be most cheaply supplied with it, through bulky barn-yard manure, or by some some other means. If it can be done at less expense and trouble by other means, then sound economy demands that barn-yard manure should be made as concentrated as possible, to diminish the expense of handling it. A judicious rotation of crops will keep up an abundant supply of humus. A small grain crop, once in three years, will do it, provided the land is not pastured after harvest. We may remark, in passing, that some simple and cheap contrivance?one which farmers ! generally might obtain?for harvesting the heads of small grain, whilst leaving the straw upon the land, is a great desideratum. We ' have heard of some such machines, but pre- , sume they are not adapted to general use. Another indirect means is to cease the al- 1 most universal and greatly to be deprecated J habit of pasturing cultivated fields. The i stems, leaves, &c., of the crops, would go far ' toward supplying land with humus, but for , their being removed by cows or other animals i after the crops have been gathered. To real- ' ize the full benefit, however, of the stalks, J &c., they should not be left on the land, as is j generally done, but should be nicely ploughed < oftnh flm mnnnoi- nP o rrroon r>pnn Wfl ' UllU^i ai iui wiv* luuiiiivi wi m g i wi* v? v|/? i i w i greatly need some cheap, expedition raeth- ] od of burying the uuharvested portion of | crops?some attachment to a plough, for in- 1 stance, by which a stalk might be cut down , and thrown into the last furrow, to be cover ed up by the next furrow slice. The practice 1 of piling and burning the refuse matter was , short-sighted, but it was an expression of the i necessity of getting such matter out of the 1 way that the land might be put in good condi- [ tion for subsequent crops. How much better i to bury it out of sight and make it serve to ' fertilize the following crop. In the last place, 1 if neither of the above suggestions are conve- i nicnt or practicable in any given case, a green crop (pea or clover) might be raised for the specific purpose of producing humus. < The reader will please observe that the first 1 plan suggested involves no expense which can properly be charged against the humus, j Leaving the humus question out of view, the need of food for farm stock, the guarding < against washing of the soil, &c., make it sound j policy to sow down our cultivated lands at f least once in three years. The practice has been too common of late to run the same land in cotton year after year. A careful observer informs us, that in his experience land thus farmed, showed marked symptoms of decline after the third year. The second suggestion?keeping stock off the land?likewise involves no expense to be charged against humus. The injury done the land by the treading of stock in wet weather, and the additional labor required to bring the land into good tilth again, (as compared with that not pastured)'more than offset all the value of pasturage. j t The third suggestion?a green crop to be j E turned under to supply humus?involves * some expense, but decidedly less than the j handling, hauling and distribution of an ? equal amount of that substance in barn-yard , manure or compost. A pea crop for such [ c purpose, on one acre, would sura up : the val- j ue of one and a half bushels of seed, the sow- J ing of the same, one breaking up of the land, J and perhaps one ploughing with a sweep. The turning under may be left out, inasmuch j5 as barn-yard manure would have to be plough- j [ ed under also. Now suppose that the pea j J vines on the acre would, if cured, make 2000 ; lbs. hay?75 per cent or 1500 lbs. of it would j! be humus-forming matter, or as much as j jj would be contained in some 6800 lbs. of barn-1 p yard manure?say 6 loads. What it would j > cost to load up, haul, unload and scatter evenly over an acre of ground, 6 loads of barnyard manure, let each one estimate for him-! self. Thee xpense would vary, of course, with i the distance to be hauled, the lumpiuess of, the manure, &c., &c., but we imagine that , J in any case, it would exceed that of the pea-, vines. ' . We conclude, that as far as practicable, it is : better to concentrate barn-yard mauure, than [ to dilute it with leaves, straw or other humus I forming substances, and to keep up a good | supply of humus through other means?such j i as a frequent recurrence of small grain crops i | in our rotations?keeping stock off of cultiva| ted fields, and burying carefully in the soil all reraants of crops, and if need be, raising green crops to be turned under. We may rest assured that nice calculations touching ex- j pense and judicious selections of the least ex- ' pensive means of accomplishing results, are | just as necessary iu farming as iu any other j occupation. They arc especially important i in Southern farming, just now, because labor,, though nominally cheap, is really very costly and very hard to manage. * CiititnfiiiliL' liifrocrn, O.fil. f <'oiit.'iiiiini; nllrngrii, O.ftl. 1 ?!tc f ci'hviUc tfntyiim. 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These will be followed by other ORIGINAL STORIES, from the pens of the most popular writers, which, with Mr. LATHAN'S regular contributions to the "Sabbath Reading" and "Children's Departments;" Miscellaneous Reading, adapted to all tastes; the Agricultural Department, containing practical and useful information for the farmer and housewife ; a column of Humorous Reading every wee" ; "Scraps and Facts," embracing light curre..t topics; together with a compend of tho News of the Day; Correspondence from abroad, in which the sparkling letters of our REGULAR TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT, "Nemo," will bea prominent feature; Commercial and Market Reports, and Editorial Articles on appropriate subjects, will, we feel assured, render the ENQUIRER an acceptable visitor to all its readers. It is the aim of the proprietor to make the ENQUIRER A LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, acceptable alike to all classes of readers and a welcome visitor to the Home Circle, unwarped by party, creed or section ; and the features which have so greatly contributed to its popularity?securing for it a circulation attained by no other secular weekly in the State?will remain unchanged. PREMIUMS FOR CLURS. Wo offer three Premiums for the three largest Clubs of Subscribers, for the vear 1874, amounting in tho aggregate to SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS in cash. Tho first premium will represent the value of THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS; the second, the value of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS; and the third, the value of FIFTEEN DOLLARS. Instead of designating certain articles as premiums, we have adopted tho above plan, in order that persons who secure tho premiums may select any article that may be preferred of the value to which each may bo entitled, or receive the imount in cash, as may be optional. 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Specimen copies of the ENQUIRER will bo sent to any address on application. Address ill letters to L. M. GRIST, Proprietor, Yorkville, S. C. a jj & $ BaihhnlkrdTajvanRSujrpTm,}foaliIm^s, ^ J 1(1 '/DrachcljJfemU FdilfBdliulerjyifa n M MdMe&PM.MirDU:JUJMies;jrioordniujr<iui<ct ? ? TdinrrjVJhUcTine,WilnniRntyLmSc^ ? ? a $ CabuictH&kerjRiJWoods&c. 1 0 5, t AllWorhW&rnuited. fe L si J LOWEST PRICES.* r 3 \ Send forPrice List. | ' | I. H. HALL & CO. i f. hhnufdtturtrs & JJetlers, ft 3 2j4>,0, 8,70, MarAet Street. f=223,225,^astBay,' $ CHARLESTON, S. C. $ Pliis Cut entered according(o Act of Congress, in the year 1S73, by 1. II. Hall &. Co., in the office of the Librarian of Coiigicsti,at Washington. July 3 '11 ly #TURO^jNFLtL tho'witOAT, LCNT.9 tho usc^f Db. W19whlch does not dry up a cough and leavo tho cause behind, but loosens It, cleanses tho lungs and allsys Irritation, thus removing tho cause of tho complaint CONSUMPTION CAN BE CUBED by a timely resort to this standard remedy, as is proved by hundreds of testimonials it has received. Tho genuine is signed Butts" on tho wrapper, BETH W. FOWLE <b SONS, Pboprietobs, Boston, Mass. Bold by dealers generally. October 2 40 ly COFFEE. A LOT of first-rate Coffee on hand and for sale X at the Grocery of T. M, DOBSON A CO. J. II. ADAMS. j FALL AND WINTER GOODS ! j I [ . In announcing the receipt of my purchases for tlio i FALL TRADE, ! it affords me pleasure to inform my customers j and the public generally that in point of oleJ gance, my stock is ^ QXJITE COMPLETE. I am enabled to offer unprecedented attractions , both in quality of Goods and prices. The Ladies will find full and complete lines of DRESS GOODS ANI) TRIMMINGS, including all the Novelties of the season. | OK NT'S CLOTHING AND FURNISHING : GOODS, of the best grades and i MOST FASHIONABLE STYLES. HATS, CAPS, HOOTS AND SHOKS, with the usual assortment and variety kept IN A FIRST-CLASS HOUSE. : Thankful for past patronage, and being deter( mined to merit a continuance of the same, I respectfully solicit AN EXAMINATION OF GOODS AND PRICKS. JOHN H. ADAMS. mfmmmrn W/ In an original, flrnt-claiw. Dollar Monthly. It Is H n fresh and xprlfrlitly, and will Interest the entire f\ U household, inclmil?>r lovers nml maidens, hu*. VJ O hands and wives, parents anil children. Itsug- p pests tlie Iniporlance of securing a union of p n hearts and purposes In life, before there shall si be a unlou of hands. It believes that, while it A S I* woman's privilege to purify and comfort and | m ndont, It should be man's pleasure to provide ?l rl for, cherish, and protect. It would have clill- Q Odrcn treated as feeling, thinking ami growing w creatures?perfectly created,hut not full grown. T |J Yet In advoeatlng these doctrines, the Mitga- u J; zinc docs not employ doctrinal sermons?long ?? ? and dreary disquisitions which do not Interest O ? ?i,H therefore rfn not tirnflt the render. Oil the n E contrary. It would rafher preach as though It ? U preached not?an Interesting story,for instance, F " belngmade to serve the purpose of a long ills- S, , Q course hy giving the reader something real, In- OC Lterestlng and profitable to think about. J The worst a* well as the best feature of the n n Magazine la Its price. The Idea or getting a f really first-class Magazine at one dollar a year, Y |V| seems absurd to most people. Yet It employs ,, A some of the best contributors In the country? H Including Gail Hamilton, Its leading editor, Gwho receives a salary of three thousand dol- Jf lars, equivalent to about ten dollars per day. P A Each number contains nearly eight hundred p Z dollars' worth of matter, which costs the sub- E scrlber about eight cents. ft I Hope and Joy?two beautifully tinted crayon portraits worth Four Dollars?will bo mailed J N free to every siibscrilter to the Magazine at >1 SO A E Specimens free. Agents wanted. Address 8. 1J 8. WOOD A CO., Ncwburgh, N. Y. Y HomiiJoy-HipailJiy U Pelted Voice of the Press.?Wood's Uf L? magazine la one of tho monument* of busltuwi O enterprise which mark the age.?JfrtAohV Umne ft P Journal, Phll.v, Pa. ... .As Its title promises. It n Is devoted to the Instruction and entertainment w E of the family clrcle.and, In order In place It with- ft &ln tho means of readers In moderate clrcutnJstances.lt Is furnished at a remarkably low rate S In proportion to the Interest of Its contents.?Jf. ?j /w J". Tribune, ..It Is essentially a home magazine, M U and Is just tho thing that one would most desire Y to place In the hands of his wife and Utile onea, V m or that a man of business would himself take (J 11 up for tho employment of a leisure hour.?fort ~ ft Wilmington. N. C Were we out of our 5 n chair editorial, as a "private citizen," cutoff r from our exchange list and all that, one of the E P first magazines to which we should subscribe U *2 would be Wood's Household.?RfyUrr, Hart- * OC ford, Ot It is an Intellectual and moral ft n educator, highly prized by alt who becouiu ac- , qunlnted with It?Christian Adcoeale. ....If La ft popular writers are, therefore, good writer-, Yarn! If high prices prove the merit of literary ** wares, then Mr. Wood's magazine Is a good M H one.?The Indrpnxilrnt, Sen York Its aril- V Oclcs breathe a spirit of economy, morality and A virtue which Is highly refreshing In this age of f\ P fashionable folly and extravagance.?Sentinel, Ws EEdlna, Mo It Is undoubtedly one of the A freshest, liveliest iournals wo have examined. *5 ft ?Hemnt, Springfield, Tenn The articles A J arc short, piquant, and of such unquestioned excellence, that litis periodical ought to he both J ft familiar and welcome In very many houseY holds. Wood's Is a marvel ol cheapness and m llrsl-clnssquallty combined.?Xeie York Timet. E I Ms IflSfiloli leie 1 HONNERT TTn"R"RS & T10BS0TNN THE YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY. THE undersigned respectfully inform the public that they are still manufacturing CARRIAGES, BUGGIES and all other styles of light vehicles at the shop formerly occupied by B. T. WHEELER, near the depot. Strict attention is given to the quality of mate- 1 rials employed in the construction of our work, which is warranted to be as DURABLE as any in the market. OUR PRICES are as low as it is possible to afford work of the character which we turn out. ROCKAWAYS, BUGGIES and other pleasure CARRIAGES, always on hand, or finished at a few hours' notice. An inspection of our stock is respectfully solicited. REPAIRING promptly done at short notice. j ?3* We sell only for cash, and all repairing and I job work must be paid for on delivery. COJfNER, HQBBS & DQBSOX. ! GEO. S. HACKER," ] DOOR, SASH AND BLIND FACTORY, | CHAREESTOJV, S. C. THIS is aslargeand complete a Factory as there is in the South. All work manufactured at 4 the Factory in this city. The only house owned c and managed by a Carolinian iii this line in Charleston. Send for price list. Address, GEO. S. HACKER, Post-Office box 170, Charleston, S. C. < Factory and Warerooms on King street, oppo- ' site Cannon street, on line of City Railway. 1 December 5 49 " lv BOOT AND SHOE MAKING. ? ? T * n J?vAnnooffn lltf omiAiinnnc fn Ilia ] fllnrj Uliucrsiilicu l WJJCI-U unj I>mwu?vvw X friends and the public in general, that he is \ prepared with A FINE STOCK OF MATERIAL, 1 in his line, suitable to the wants of every custom- 3 or, who may give him a call. They may not only obtain an article of good quality "1 AT A REASONABLE PRICE, but are also certain to secure what is equally as desirable, a good tit and fashionablo style. These are advantages which should not be overlooked. ~ Special attention is called to tho celebrated cloth top Congress Gaiter and tho Congress Shoe 1 FOR SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR. J Also, 011 hand, a good stock of light and heavy I BROGANS and OXFORD TIES, which aro war- fj ranted to give entire satisfaction for the price paid, j .pgr Special and prompt attention is given to re- tl pairing. F. CHRISTM AN, Agent. o March 128 13 tf ANNUAL RETURNS ADMINISTRATORS, Executors, Guardians and Trustees, aro hereby notified to make l their ANNUAL RETURNS,'without further de- J lay. Unless returns aro made promptly, I will t< be under theneccssitv of issuing rules for default, a JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judgo of Probate. y July 124 30 tf n _________ t] 4 n nnn POUNDS of clean cotton and lin- 1 UtUUU <?" R?ps wanted, for which 12 cents u per pound will bo paid, at the 'ENQUIRER" OFFICE. f] NOTICE. a APPLICATION will be made at the next ses- ~ sion of the Legislature for an amendment to the Charter of the town of Yorkville. ] August 14 33 3m fj THE YORKVILLE BRANCH of the HITIZEfi'S SAVIIGS M1K OF SO. CMIM Banking Ollico Opposite the Store of J. H. Adams. Deposits of $1 and Upwards Received. Interest allowed at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum on Certificates of Deposit, and G per cent, compounded every six months on accounts. ??? # ? PRINCIPAL OFFICE - - COLUMBIA, S. C. VVM. MARTIN j President. 1 JOHN H. PALMER, Vice-President. A. G. BRENIZER, Cashier. J. H. SAWYER, Ass't Cashier in general charge. JOHN C. B. SMITH Local Assistant Cashier. Directors.?Wade Hampton, William Martin A.. C. Haskell, F. W. McMaster, E. H. Heinitsh, a Jolm B. Palmer, Thos. E. Gregg, Columbia. J. Eli Gregg, Marion. G. T. Seott, W. G. Mayes, ATewbcrry. B. H. Rutledge, D. Ravenel, Jr., Henry Buist, Charleston. Geh. Samuel McGowm, Abbeville. BRANCHES IN SOUTH CAROLINA : Location. ImcuI Ass'I Cashiers. Charleston, D. RAVENEL, Jr. Dranqeburo, J. H. FOWLES. Sumter J. W. DARGAN. Spartanburo, GEORGE COFIELD. Newberry, T. S. DUNCAN. Laurens Dr. JOHN W. SIMPSON. Greenville J. J. BLACKWOOD. Abbeville, Hon. D. L. WARDLAW. Camden, W. D. McDOWELL. Unionville E. R. WALLACE Yorkville, W. B. METTS. FINANCE COMMITTEE AT YORKVILLE. B. T. WIIEELER, J. II. ADAMS, L. M. GRIST. p9- SIGHT DRAFTS drawn onall the Branches of the Bank in this State, and also on all the prominent places in the United States and Europe. pSr Stocks, Bonds, Gold and Silver bought and sold. psr Mutilated Currency purchased at a small discount. W. B. METTS, Assistant Cashier at Yorkville. January 30 5 ly PIEDMONT AIR-infE RAILWAY. ^ Richmond and danville. Richmond and Danville R. W., N. C. Division, and North-Western N. C. Railway. nnwnpvqcn tttlct? *r a tit t? In effect on and after Sunday, October 12th, 1873. GOING NORTH. STATIONS" "MAIL. | EXPRESS. Leave Charlotte 10.00 P. M.j 8.15 A. M. " Air-Line Junct'n,, 10.06 " 8.30 ' " Salisbury I 1.06 A. M.l 10.21 " " Greensboro 3.30 ? 12.45 P. M. " Danville, 6.20 " ! 3.12 " '< Burkville 11.35 ?? I 7.36 " Arrive at Richmond....; 2.17 P. M.| 10.17 " GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. j MAIL. EXPRESS. Leave Richmond 1 1.28 P. M.' 6.00 A.M. " Burkevllle 4.45 h 8.29 " " Danville 3.18 " | 12.45 P.M. " Greensboro 12.20 A. M.l 3.50 " " Salisbury, I 2.38 " I 6.06 " " Alr-LlneJunct'n.' 4.29 " 8.10 " Arrive at Charlotte j 4.35 " ; 8.15 " EAST AND WEST | GOING EAST. | GOING WEST. STATIONS. I MAIL. | MAIL. Leave Greensboro jj 3.05 A.M. j Arrive 12.20 A.M. " Company Shops.. | a. 4.45 " I a 9.35 " " Hlllsboro '? .... " |= 7.47 ? " Raleigh is 8.35 " 3 5.26 " Arrive atGoldsboro ,? 11.15 " | & Leave 2.30 P. M. NORTH-WESTERN N. C. RAILROAD. (SALEM BRANCH.) Leave Greensboro 4.30 P. M. Arrive at Keraersvllle, 5.26 P. M. Leave Kernersvllle, 8.00 A. M. Arrive at Greensboro 10.00 A.M. ' Mail trains daily both ways. On Sundays Lvnchbnror Accommodation leaves Richmond at 9.42 A. M.; arrives at Burkeville 12.45 P. M.; leaves Burkeville 5.35 A. M.; arrives at Richmond 8.44 P. M. Pullman Palace Cars on all night trains between Charlotte and Richmond, (without change.) For further information, address S. E. ALLEN, General Ticket Agent, T. M. R. TALCOTT, Greensboro, N. C. Engr. and Gen. Supt. THE SHORT LINE SCHEDULE. CHARLOTTE, COL. <fc AUGUSTA R. R. CO.,) Columbia, S. C., October24,1873. j THE following Passenger Schedule will be run over this road on and after SUNDAY, 26th Instant: going north. 00 Train No. 2. Train No. 4. Leave Augusta 6.30 A. M. 4.15 P. M. " Graniteville,...*7.33 A. M. 5.11 P. M. 14 tj-4- ill- r\ jo a nr j.t rwi ti if jjiucsvuiu, n.to a. jti. ji.~4 r. 1*1. " Columbia 11.58 A. M. 9.37 P. M. " Chester, *4.28 P. M. 2.28 A. M. Arrive at Charlotte...f7.08 P. M. *5.15 A. M. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New York it 6.40 A. M.; also, via Raleigh ana Old Bay Line, irriving at New York at 4.25 P. M. No. 4 Train makes close connection, via Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New York at 4.25 P. M. GOING SOUTH. Train No. 1. Train No. 3. Leave Charlotte, *7.00 A. M. 8.30 P. M, " Chester, 9.54 A. M. 10.58 P. M. " Columbia *2.48 P. M. 3.40 A. M. " Batesville 4.57 P. M. 5.43 A. M. " Granitevillo,...f7.15 P. M. *7.48 A. M. Arrive at Augusta 8.05 P. M. 8.45 A. M. Breakfast. *Dinner. fSupper. South bound Trains connect at Augusta for all points South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. E. R. Dorset, Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHERAW AND DARLINGTON E. ROAD. PRESIDENTS OFFICE,) Ciieraw it Darlington Railroad Co., > Society Hill, S. C., October 10, 1873. J CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. Leave Ciieraw 8.00, A. M. Leave Florence... .3.00, P. M. Leave Cnxh'a 8.30, A. M. Leave Palmetto,....3.20, P. M. Leave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. Leave Darlington...3.40, P. M. Leave Dove'n 9.15,A. M. Leave Dove'a 4.15, P.M. Leave Darlington. .9.50, A. M. Leave Society Hill.4.45, P. M. Leave Palmetto... 10.10,A. M. Leave Ca*h'? 5.10, P.M. 4rrlve at Florence.10.30, A. M. Arrive at Ciieraw..5.30, P. M. The Freight Train will continue for the present x> run as heretofore, except to adapt its running ind stoppages to the changed schedule of the passenger train. B. D. TOWNSEND, President. KING'S MOUNTAIN R. ROAD. gggT I - -I II f 'Ihll III IIH I I ML Tlr . CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. HEREAFTER the trains over the KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD will run daily, Sundays excepted) as follows, making close conlection with trains on the Charlotte, Columbia ind Augusta Railroad: j Leave Yorkville, promptly, at 7o'clock, A.M. r Arrive at Chester at 9 o'clock, A. M. _ Leave Chester at 41 o'clock, P. M. ^*6 Arrive at Yorkvilleat 01 o'clock, P. M. All Freights must be delivered at the Depot by 1 o'clock, P. M., on the evenings previous to the lepartureof the train. GEORGE W. MELTON, President. Cooking and HeatingStoves at Retail- IPicbures of each, with lull lescriptions, as well as prices ancl lists of furniture for Cook Stoves, will be promptly sent on applicationWILLIAM SHEPHERD & CO., Charleston, C. September 4 30 6m A SENSIBLE MAN'S LOGIC. [TE who provides not for his own family, is [J. worse than a heathen. Necessaries and coneniences should first be provided. A good SEW- ^ NG MACHINE has become a necessary in every imily. The "AMERICAN" IS THE BEST lND CHEAPEST; containing within itself all lie latest improvements. Therefore I will goat nee and buv one of J. R. SCHORB A SON, Agents for York County. UNION-HERALD. M, [AM agent for this sprightlv daily, published ^^B at the Capital of the State. It contains the la3st telegrams, market reports and general news, nd reaches Yorkville on the day or publication. ^^^^B ubscriplions received for twelve, three and six ^^^^B lonths. Terms: Oneyear, $7; six months, $3.50; ^^^^B iree months, $1.75. ^^B^H W. L. GRIST, News Agent. ^^^|B A may learn something greatly to their advantage and obtain ^B^B pecimens and full particulars free, by addressing ^B^H FOOD'S LITERARY AND ART AGENCY, ^B| few burgh, N. Y. LOOKING GLASSES. J rUST received another lot of Looking Glasses z' at all prices. T. M. DOBSON A t'0. A